Akbar History In Urdu Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar Badshah The Great Mughal Emperor
Badshah Akbar History In Urdu: Through marriage
alliances, political rewards and military action, King Akbar was able to appease
recalcitrant regions like Rajasthan. Although illiterate, he was endowed with
much wisdom, and in Indian historiography, he was upheld as the model ruler who
was secular in outlook. His secular outlook came under strong criticism
when he openly characterized his victory as the
victory of Islam over Hinduism.
He issued infallibility Decree but it was not as
heretical a step as it was made out to be, because his decreed were based on the 5 fiqhs. Although, it is said, that he
proclaimed his version of a universal religion which he called the 'Din-i-ilahi' although there is no
contemporary evidence of this proclamation. But certain beliefs of his were
certainly out of the pale of Islam, such as the worship of the sun and
encouraging idol worship.
Matters became complicated when one Mulla Yazdi declared Akbar to be an
apostate, for which he was put to death by the latter. In spite of his
heretical behavior, Akbar insisted on being regarded as a Muslim and, in fact,
it was noticed that in the last years of his reign, he returned back to orthodoxy.
His capital shifts
invariably depended on political and military campaigns. While Fatehpur Sikri
was serving as capital and remember Akbar promoted
all genres of creative art but the last year of his reign were marked by intra-dynastic conflict with his
elder son Salim, who would later rule over India as Emperor Jahangir.
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